Por la primera vez una red colombiana de defensa de los derechos de las mujeres recibe la más alta distinción sobre refugiados en el mundo
El ganador de la edición de 2014 del Premio Nansen para los Refugiados de ACNUR – Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados – es el grupo colombiano de defensa de los derechos de las mujeres “Red Mariposas de Alas Nuevas Construyendo Futuro”, cuyos miembros arriesgan sus vidas para ayudar a las supervivientes del […]
2013 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award: Sister Angélique Namaika
Inspirational Congolese Nun Wins UN Refugee Agency top Honour UNHCR Announces 2013 Nansen Refugee Award Laureate Geneva, 17 September, 2013 – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today announces that this year’s winner of the Nansen Refugee Award is a Congolese nun who has helped hundreds of female rape and […]
UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
Each year UNHCR bestows the Nansen Refugee Award to an individual, group, or organization, in recognition of their dedicated service to the forcibly displaced. The award is named after Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian polar explorer, diplomat, and statesman who won the 1922 Nobel Peace Prize for his philanthropic work. Fridtjof Nansen was also the League […]
Interview with “Mama” Hawa Aden Mohamed, 2012 Nansen Refugee Award
Resource: 2012 UNHCR/F.Juez Javier Collado Ruano: Dear readers, it is a big pleasure present Ms. “Mama” Hawa Aden Mohamed: a Somali humanitarian, educator and women´s rights advocate which won the 2012 Nansen Refugee Award. Ms. “Mama” Hawa is a big activist which solidarity showed us many valuable lessons in peacebuilding activism. السلام عليكم(Salaam Aleikum) Ms. “Mama” Hawa, thank you very much for accepting our invitation in […]
